Night View from the Rooftop in Gang Nam, Seoul

in travel •  7 years ago  (edited)

It was very cold day when I asked my friend to open the rooftop of his building.
It was -20 Celsius degree with strong wind.

The reason I asked him to open the rooftop was that I’d like to look at the world in different angle.
Night view is very beautiful, but in down town to take the photos of night view was not easy.
All rooftop of the high building was close in security matters.
So it was difficult to come to the rooftop at night.

In this reason, it was nice chance when my friend gave me a chance to take the photos on the rooftop.

The place where my friend is working is located near the KOEX building in Gangnam.
Gangnam is the center of Seoul in modern culture.

Anyway I took the photos, but it was almost impossible to stay longer on the rooftop due to the cold weather and strong wind.

I took the several shots. Interesting thing was the building was near the temple of Bong Eun Sa.
Strangely enough I never’ve been in Bong Eun Sa temple where is not far from my apartment.

It was mysterious to look at the temple from the rooftop.

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The street of night view was so beautiful.

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When I am looking at the thing with different angles and ways, the thing what was familiar to me is changing it’s meaning and even the appearance.

There are nothing fixed form, everything is changing constantly.
The more important thing is that I am changing without the recognition.
But I try to understand and accept that the changing is the essence of our life.

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What amazing pictures! You’re right, life is always trasformation: “Todo cambia” says Mercedes Sosa :)

Bright city!

its not the regular day its those rare days 👍

Wow, you are a trooper to brave those temperatures just to get a few pics. Well, they turned out beautiful. Good job!

nice inspiration :D

very nice view!

Thanks for the post, awesome pictures!

Change is the essence of our lives, @slowwalker. We want to stop things because we can't know things in motion--only things at rest.

People use metaphors to describe this saying, 'Time flies', but this is nonsense. The fact is we are fallible and can't bear very much reality.

I leave you with these lines from Louis Mac Neice:

All is a dilettante’s lie.
Timés face is not stone nor still his wings,
Our mind, being dead, wishes to have time die
For we being ghosts cannot catch hold of things.

Thank you so much for your comment.
As you wrote, Change is the essence of our lives.
I am learning that from the teaching of Buddhism, eventhough I 'm not a Buddhist

What a beautiful view!

Amazing point of view! Not everyone got the chance to look at the view at this angle.

Thank you

The views from the roof are always fun!
It is fashionable to climb on the roof.
We went on the roofs in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, I had been there 20 years ago

vow , how beautiful the night view you've got ! i was really shocked by your photos , great job@slowwalker , thanks !

really very amazing photography @slowwalker and every place looks very awesome.thanks to share with us upvoted and resteemed

Wow that amazing view.
and nice photography.
Lets get connected.
up voted..
@qami

Thank you so much

Thank you so much

great shots..... Night photography is a world all it's own....

@slowwalker woooow nice.. buddha tempal photography...good job..

LOL' Thank you

dang
-20 degreee celcium, its damn cold
nice clicks, hope u had fun there

lol
Thank you

wow, amazing

;))

outstanding photography.@slowwalker. thanks for sharing. i like your post and following.

Thank you so much

Amazing pictures captured, Life is the name of transformation and the night view of Korea it looks outstanding. Keep it up, I have enjoyed a night view of Seoul.

Cold weather here also.. writing a post to become like you.haha ..Photos are awesome sir.Tune for next post.

Wow! nice shots!

Just amazing @slowwalker

Hi slowwalker.. View of street and view of whoe city is so amazing.. You did great effort in so cold weather.. Yeah you are right everything is changing in this digital world.. Once i read words of some pious man.. The meaning of the words is that in the end times people ll be with virtues heart in the morning but ll be with evil heart in the evening.. So its true everything is changing even our thoughts are changing and turning with in few seconds

Yes, I agree with you. The thinking of people is changing so rapidly.
It shows us human's imperfection

Yes.. Perfection is only in one, in mens creator, god.. Man in so weak even can be afraid little things. How can he be perfect

Images are amazing.... amazing night view loved it....thank you for sharing.....the views from the roof is amazingly beautiful.

I love to see anything at night mode view and also from top . It's really good enough what photoshoot you did Good job dear . i loved it . Amazing night view . Thanks ,,,,, your post mad my day . Best of luck @slowwalker

Tank you so much

Amazing Photography You are the Best Man keep it up i seen one of the best Photography in Your Post.😊 Seoul korea My Favorite Country 😊

Thank you so much for your warm words

Life does change and just as the photos stay the same every picture will always be different,

lol

So beautiful! Amazing

Thank you so much

I will visit here, when I will go to Korea. Thanks. Good photos.

You will like it

You're right. There is no fixed form and things are changing! Photographs are filled with beauty. There is something mysterious about them. Thank you my friend, that you experienced 20 degrees of frost and pleased us with beautiful pictures!)))

Thank you so much

Some of these photos remind me of San Andreas! Haha
The game, btw.
Good stuff!!

Thank you.
Good luck

Thanks! Excellent!

Amazing Photo

You went all out in the freezing cold, but what you got is GOLD! My favorites are the temple photos... I have never been to Seoul, but have lived in Shanghai for a year... Temples are always amazing!

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Nice to meet you here in Steemit.
I wish you visit Korea soon,
You can find the differences

You never know, it could happen!

I used to live nearby, but a top down view of bong-eun sa is a first for me. It looks very beautiful!

hahaha
At time, It was freezing

Really very amazing nice city...
Regards @slowwalker

Thank you so much

@slowwalker I dreamed of seeing Korea for real for now it will just be the Korean soap and your beautiful pictures Upvoted to say I am happy at least ill have not pictures to dream about this place

;))

Wao beautifull photography

Thank you

This is so beautiful. Nice photography. Thanks for sharing with us

Your post very nice bro I like it and thank you for sharing so please visit in my blog 👉@mdraihanhkn

Cool

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Wonderful picture, The architecture is just amazing. The time and effort to build a statue like that just boggles my mind. Kepp up the good work.

Thank you so much

The view looks simply splendid! Especially in the night, when the city lights just pop. Such good work!

Thank you

Nice photography, it looks like a drone was used to take these images. Great angle on the city.

Hello dear friend @slowwalker
These pictures are amazing .
What a beautiful scenerio
I like it thank you .

Awesome view and great shots :-)

Thank you so much

You're welcome, thank you too :-)

@slowwalker
The opportunity to take photos from the roof is very fun, I often do it.

Yes, it was fun and freezing

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The one thing we can be certain of is that everything changes. Great angles and unusual photos can help us to see these changes.

Thank you so much for your comment

My pleasure. You have some excellent photographs there from an unusual perspective and location.

Thumbs up to @slowwalker

vey nice, i love all photos

Thank you so much

Awesome photos!! :) If your in to cool photos you might like the Window collection our AI generated.

;))

Nice
I upvoted you.

Seoul korea is beautiful place. I like it...

a good post my friend I like your posts friends do not forget to enter my blog yes friends yes

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if friends have time to visit my blog is my good friend yes

a very nice city comrades with great views, good luck always my friend @slowwalker, i will upvote and resteem.

Thank you so much

same as my friend, i really need help from you, i am very glad if you want to visit my blog @slowwalker, thank you very much.

Good one. I'm following you

waow beautiful post

Rooftop views like that look so cool! South Korea looks like a really beautiful place to be

Yes, Korea is nice place, but, as it was, there exist 2 faces in Korea

wish to visit South Korea one day, nice pics ;)

im following u and vote u plx vote me

beautiful roof top views, your froend is lucky. Id love to have those views.

WHAT ?? I didnt know that korea is that cold omg.. but your pictures look awesome

부수기는 쉬워도 짓는 것은 어렵습니다. 아키텍쳐의 단어의 근원도 여기 있다고 생각합니다. 내가 짓다가도 세상의 변화가 보일 때 허물기는 더 어렵습니다.

오늘도 술 한잔 기울이고 선생에게 마음을 전해 봅니다. 이 글을 보는 이들 오해가 없기를. 사족을 달 만큼 짓는 것이 어려운 세상입니다.

어키텍쳐 테그가 있어 남겨 봅니다.

;))

Really nice city, i like your photos as well. Everything seems so beautiful from above, sometimes i like to go on the roof and just sit there for a while, really good place to think. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for reading

Great photos and amazing view from the roof top!! What caused the lines on the 4th photo from the bottom? It looks great!!

Wow great photos

This is not only beautiful, this is thrilling!!! Really nice.

Amazing views in all pictures, darkness of night is look in soo wonderfull

@slowwalker wow what a view. Perspective change is the steam of growth and improvement

oh , I miss Korea. I always get this feeling whenever I see night views of Seoul. thanks for sharing.

We are aleays growing and changing our perspectives. I really liked your story and photos.

Amazing Slowwalker, thank you to freeze for us and taking this unique pics! I understand it, I want also to look at the wold with different angles, through my eyes my heart and my thoughts, greetings Lena

One respect of the pictures doesn't look like Gangnam rather it looks like a historical site of the old city of Korea. I've been Gangnam several times but could not capture those landscapes. Perhaps, it is lucky enough to have a look on the skyscraper in Gangnam because we couldn't get to reach there without permission.

Gangnam has become a popular and very famiilar site for foreigners as Psy's Gangnam Style ran to hit the billboard chart a couple year ago. Therefore, I see its value to read the post and particularly it is because you wrote it in English.

I am enjoying reading your article yet I want you to share some political and current economic situation in South Korea to help foreign readers to capture the situation.

Have a nice day!

Interesting City and photo. Nice post!

Interesting

It's really very beautiful, I'm very impressed with the beauty of the night you give .. I can not express it with words .. I am amazed and hannya can say, amazing.

good!.

Looks nice on the pictures...but man, -20celcius? No thank you, pictures are enough :) I'll go to Seoul in spring ! Great pictures, upvoted.

Hello, The temple 'Bongeun-sa' looks pretty far from top of the building. By the way, you took a picture of it well. You probably have good lens. Korea has been too cold recently. Take care!

Beautyful images!

happy today for you!

a round of applause for your amazing work.
yes you are very right , when you see things from another angle it gives new feelings and you just wonder how come it looks this beautiful :)

Good post friends ,,, do not forget to enter my blog and upvote yes

What wonderful sight. I've always dreamed of visiting the place. Hopefully someday...

Thanks a lot @slowwalker you've done really great job Ilook forward your next wonderful photos good luck

oh wow very beautiful view in this images @slowwalker

Beautiful night view !

thanks for the amazing landscape pictures.

i like the first photo of Bong Eun Sa! everything is dark except the statue.

cool :)

The view is so nice!

What did you do with the picture my friend? Were you impatient and moved the camera too soon?

I personally think, the best night views in Korea are, Seoul and Busan. I've never seen the night view of Seoul with my eyes, but I can feel the beauty of it beyond the screen. I've writeen the story about Haeundae light festival today, and I really wanna take some night view photos when I get to Seoul. Thank you.

Nice photo

Thank you

I'll write it down for when I visit Korea! ✌🏼

Thank you @slowwalker for your deep articles! I did not know what was so cold in Korea! Winter is a period to strengthen the spirit! Beautiful views of the night city! I'll be glad if you look at my works that I really like in the last week:

https://steemit.com/life/@olga.maslievich/week-6-january-12-january-imagine-your-dreams-and-expect-the-best-let-on-your-table-there-will-be-a-red-caviar-earned-in-steemit

Very beautiful at night. Please pay attention to me, thank you

View at night time is beautiful. Please take care. It’s very cold and windy.😊

Thank you so much for your kindness

You’re welcome 😊

That's call photography

Inanmasi zor bir manzara oldugu gibi cok da basarili buluyorum sizi

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